The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-01
FLORIDA.

| FLORIDA.
About Is, 900 pounds Of wool are marketed
at Lake City yearly.
Since its first issue the Lake Weir hide
pendent has steadily improved.
| DR.. A. W. Ross, of Sanford, is enjoying
new Irish potatoes, planted March IL.
The South Florida Railroad Company has
put up stock pen at Plant City for loading
cattle.
A horned snake was one of the curiosities
| on exhibition in DeLand last Thursday. 1t
was killed north of the city.
Dr. Neal Mitchell, of Jacksonville takes
his vacation this summer in Europe. He
sails in the Umbria on June II.
The second annual reunion Of the Kissim-
NEE public school will come off at the opera
house on the evening of June 3.
j. 8. Swain, Of Denver, Col, was a guest
of Gainesville recently. His total weight,
including his shoes, is 342 pounds.
The Broolzsville Band has reorganized
| with ten active members who have pledged
themselves to maintain the organization for
one year.
The law firms Of Allen & Rose and John
son & Hammond, of Orlando, have been
dissolved, and johnson & Allen have formed
| partnership.
George Summerlin, of Kissimmee, started
| Tuesday for Washington, d. c., with a car
load of splendid watermelons, the first car
load of the season
| w. c. Cannons, owner of "Newbury"
cottage and grove at Orange City, shipped
last week twenty bushels of peen-Uo peaches
to northern markets.
M. j. Morehouse, of Hibernia, brought
into Green Cove one day last week load
of cabbage that averaged from fifteen to
seventeen pounds apiece.
| w. P. Cochran gigged gar fish in Sad
die creek, near Lakeland, the other day,
that weighed forty pounds and was four
feet and nine inches in length.
The bell for the Madison Episcopal church
was received Wednesday and placed in po-
sition in the belfry. 1t was a gift from
Mrs. NJ. E. Tozer, of Columbia, s. c.
Girls are wanted in the Blue Springs
neighborhood Three young men obtained
licenses to marry the same girl last week,
and the third succeeded in capturing the
prize.
The Kissimmee Leader is worthy repre-
| sentative of the new county of Osceola, and
Brother Basset will see that his end of the
load will always be ''toted" fair. The Leader
is live paper, working hard for the good of
that section
Capt. e. E. Vail, of st. Augustine, will
return to New York on Wednesday, June |,
he having placed all his contracts for the
material to be used in the construction of
his new block upon the site of the old ST.
Augustine Hotel.
There is prospect for the Tampa post office
| to be raised to the second class by the de-
partment next month, and after that is
done the department will have to pay the
rent of the room, and the salary of the
postmaster will be raised to $1,000
1t is the intention of the Tampa Street
| Railroad Company to extend it's line through
Highland Park at an early day. The iron
for this purpose has already been ordered
and is now on the way. 1t is their ultimate
intention to extend their track as far as the
| Sulphur spring.
"What do you understand by capital pun
ishment" asked Judge Mitchell, of Barlow,
of a brawny Briton the other day while
| endeavoring TO get a jury for the Fletcher
case. You stand mau on a trap door,
| was the answer, Spring the trap and wiring
his neck" He was excused.
The Alachua Improvement Company of
| Gainesville has offered to the Macon and
| Florida Air Line Railroad Company fifteen
acres of land on which to locate that roads
depot, just east Of the Florida Railway and
| Navigation road in New Gainesville Judge
| Peoples is strongly of the opinion that the
| company will accept the offer. This will
locate the depot on Alacrua avenue, and
| the street railway will connect that location
with the business portion of the city.
Mr.. r. j. Appieyard, of Palatla, is re-
| ceiving material for the establishing of a
| weekly paper, to be devoted TO the interests
| of the workingmen of Florida and the South
| generally. It is proposed to call il the
Southern Vidette, and the initial number is
expected about June IS. Mr. Appleyard is
an excellent printer, and his paper will pre-
sent a creditable appearances from a typo
| graphical point of view. 1t is understood
that Mr.. B. j. Murphy, of Jacksonville, will
be the editor, and that his vigorous pen will
| advocate the true interests Of the working
men, and that it will be independent and
| above board.
The Sanford Presbyterians have signed
| contract for q large pipe organ, which will
be completed at an early day, at cost of
! $780, The specifications Of the instrument
are as follows Open, diapson, metal s feet;
dulceana, metal, feet melodia, wood s
feet; unison bass, wood, feet; octave,
metal, 4 feet; flfteeth, metal, 2 feet burden,
| wood, 10 feet Pedal coupler. Total num-
| Der of pipes 2S5. The instrument TO be
finished in the best manner, and front pipes
| 10 be richly decorated. In size it win be
about s feet wide, feet deep and IA feet
high, and viii be quite an ornament to the
church. This will be the only pipe organ
in South Florida The Episcopal church
there is also considering the matter of pur-
| chasing an organ, and church at DeLand
has closed a trade for one.
The other morning at st. Augustine a
scene was witnessed In the Mayors Court
| that was not set down on the bills. 1t is a
| little difficult to get at the actual facts of
| the matter, but as near as has been ascer-
tanned they are as follows: It appears that
there has been considerable complaint lately
in regard to imposing fines in the Mayors
Court The general impression has been
that either the policemen were too previous
IN making arrests or that the Mayor has been
| too lenient in his dealings with those brought
before him ON criminal charges. AT late
meeting Of the Council committee of three
was appointed TO investigate the matter,
and two of the Aldermen appeared in the
court that morning. The Mayor was pre-
pared for them and at once notified them
that the session would not open until they
had left the building. The Mayor stated
plainly that he was running that court. and
did not propose 10 be interferred with nor
advised by outsiders, EVENT. they were mem
bers Of the Council. The two Aldermen
took the hint, and at once proceeded to take
a cold bath in the briny waters Of the bay.
Phillips Digestible Cocoa
Presents a new and valuable fruit beverage. II
/ L. Il Hi